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Gurteen

Houses within 10km of this house

Displaying 26 houses.

Houses within 10km of Gurteen

Displaying 26 houses.

House name Description
Ballyknockane Marked on the first Ordnance Survey map as Ballyknockane Cottage, valued at £21 and occupied by Walter Asper at the time of Griffith's Valuation. He held the property from the Marquess of Ormonde. In 1894 Slater noted it as part of the latter estate. This building no longer exists.
Garrangibbon This house known as South Lodge was occupied by J.B. Elliott in 1814. The Ordnance Survey Name Books describe it as "handsomely situated....with garden plantation and planted ornamental grounds" in 1840. It was occupied by Richard C. Jackson who held the house valued at £14 from the representatives of Mrs R. Hartford in the mid 19th century. Some alterations to the house have taken place in more recent times and it still functions as a country residence. Photo of Garrangibbon
Wilford Wilford was the residence Butler Esq in the 1770s and 1780s and of Mr Richard Blackmore in 1814. In the early 1850s it was occupied by John Blackmore, who held the property valued at £11+ from William P. Barker with 128 acres. The house is labelled Wilford House on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map but as Shangarry House on the 25-inch edition of the 1890s. It is now a ruin.
Willmount Occupied in 1814 by Robert Lane and by Hampden Lane in the early 1850s, when the house was valued at £17 and held from William P. Barker. This house is still an occupied residence. Photo of Willmount
Kilburry The home of Jeremiah Meagher in 1814 and of Robert Maher in the mid 19th century. He held the house valued at £16.15 shillings from William Beasley. Buildings are still located at this site.
Ballylanigan (Cramer) [Thomas Pennefather is recorded as resident at Ballylanigan (Pennefather?) in 1814]. Lewis refers to the Cramer family of Ballylanigan. At the time of Griffith's Valuation Ballylanigan (Cramer) was occupied by Thomas Sexton and held from Mrs Catherine Reeves. The buildings were valued at £17+. This house still exists.
Hilton This house is not marked on the first Ordnance Survey map. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage dates the house circa 1850. At the time of Griffith's Valuation the representatives of J. Stephens held most of this townland from the Pennefathers. The home of the Grant family from at least the 1870s. Slater refers to it as the seat of Colonel G. Fox Grant in 1894. Valued at £22+ in 1906 and occupied by Joseph B. Grant. It is still extant. in 2015 it was offered for sale. Photo of Hilton
Ballywalter Occupied in the early 1850s by John Doherty, valued at £12 and held from the [Reverend] John Burdett, uncle of Arthur Burdett.
Killaghy This is an old tower house which has been altered and remodelled. In the 1770s and 1780s it was the home of Greene Despard Esq. In 1837 Lewis refers to W. Despard as the proprietor of Killaghy ‘which was the residence of Baron Tobin, and was taken by Cromwell, who gave it to a Col. Green, from whom it has descended to its present proprietor’. Griffith's Valuation also records William Despard as the occupier. He held the house valued at £23 from Sir Riggs Falkiner. Bence Jones writes that Killaghy passed from the Despards to the Wrights by inheritance. Hubert H Fox of Killaghy Castle owned 321 acres in county Tipperary in the 1870s. In 1894 Slater refers to it as the seat of Miss M.A. Walpole. Killaghy has had a number of owners in the 20th century and continues to function as a country residence. For sale in 2010 see http://www.michaelhdaniels.com. Photo of Killaghy
Mohober Mohober was occupied by Scott Esq in the 1770s and 1780s. It was the home of the Cormick family in the 19th century. Richard Cormick was resident in the early 1850s holding the property from the Earl of Clonmel. The buildings were valued at £14.15 shillings. In the 1870s Daniel Cormack of Mohober owned 189 acres in county Tipperary. The sale rental of the interest of James P. Welply in the house and demesne of Mohober dated July 1868 records that the property was conveyed to Daniel Welply by the Encumbered Estates Commissioners in May 1856. The original lease dated 1766 was from William Cane to Mark Scott. The Cormac interest in this property was advertised for sale in June 1876. Buildings are still extant at this site.
Oakfield A house occupied by Purefoy Poe in 1814 and by the Reverend Daniel Corcoran in the early 1850s, when it was held from the representatives of R. Constable junior and valued at £15.10 shillings. The Ordnance Survey Name Books mention that there was a garden, fir plantation and planted ornamental ground attached to Oakfield House. Renovated in the 1930s it is still extant and inhabited. Photo of Oakfield
Cloneen House The home of the Meagher family, occupied by William Meagher in 1814 and by Henry C. Meagher in 1850. The property was held from the Earl of Clare and was valued at £18. This house is still occupied. Photo of Cloneen House
Bannixtown A Clutterbuck home from at least the 1770s, Richard Clutterbuck was resident at Bannixtown in 1814. On the first Ordnance Survey map circa 1838 Bannixtown house is recorded as "in ruins". In 1840, though, the Ordnance Survey Name Books mention Bannixtown as a large farmhouse. The 25-inch map shows a building labelled "Bannixtown House" at the same site. A house valued at £19 was occupied by John Shea at Bannixtown in the early 1850s and held from the representatives of Thomas Clutterbuck. John Shea of Bannixtown owned 254 acres in the 1870s.
Grove A mid 18th century house which was altered in the 1830s. Grove was the seat of the Barton family, mentioned by Wilson as the seat of William Barton in 1786. It was occupied in 1814 by Thomas Barton and by William Barton in 1837. The Ordnance Survey Name Books describe it as "a very large dwelling house with extensive offices" in 1840. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, William Barton held Grove in fee and it was valued at £69. Grove remained in the possession of the Barton family until the mid 20th century when it passed to the Ponsonby family. This house is still extant and occupied. Photo of Grove
Kyle A house occupied by Matthew R. Millett at the time of Griffith's Valuation, valued at £10 and held from Colonel W. Palliser.
Ballyrichard The Ordnance Survey Name Books describe Ballyrichard as "a good farmer's hosue with offices and garden" in 1840. The house, valued at £12.18 shillings, was occupied by Matthew Hughes and held from Colonel W. Palliser at the time of Griffith's Valuation. Richard H. Hughes of Ballyrichard owned 597 acres in the 1870s. A substantial farm is still extant at the site.
Langley Lodge In 1840 the Ordnance Survey Name Books refer to Langley Lodge as "a good house with offices and garden". This house was occupied by Mrs Mary Langley in the early 1850s. She held it from Henry Langley and the buildings were valued at £19.19 shillings. By the time of the sale in December 1853 John Kane was resident. A building is still extant at this site.
Kiltinan Kiltinane Castle was the seat of the Cooke family in the 18th and 19th centuries. Lewis describes the castle as the seat of R. Cooke, it "consists of an ancient circular tower .... and a residence erected on the old site by the late E. Cooke". In the mid 19th century the buildings were valued at £38+ and held by Robert Cooke in fee. Noted by Slater in 1894 as the seat of Robert Cooke. Sold by the Cookes in the 1920s to Mrs le Terrier, Kiltinan Castle now belongs to Andrew Lloyd Webber. Photo of Kiltinan
Peppardstown The home of members of the Henderson family in 1814 and in 1850 when Samuel Henderson held a house valued at £10.14 shillings from Matthew Jacob at Peppardstown. In the mid 1870s Jerome James Guiry was living at Peppardstown, Fethard and the Guiry family were still resident in the early 21st century. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage dates the present Peppardstown house from circa 1870. Beatrice P. Saunders was occupying the mansion house at Peppardstown in 1906. Photo of Peppardstown
Ballydavid In the mid 19th century Patrick Murphy held a house valued at £10 from Thomas Power in the townland of Ballydavid.
Hilton A house built after the publication of the 1st Ordnance Survey map. The home of the Grant family from at least the 1870s. Slater refers to it as the seat of Colonel G. Fox Grant in 1894. Valued at £22+ in 1906 and occupied by Joseph B. Grant. It is still extant. In 2015 it was offered for sale. Photo of Hilton
Cloonyhea A house valued at £11+ was occupied by Thomas Mansfield at Cloonyhea in the mid 19th century. It was held from John Bradshaw. A small house is marked on the first edition Ordnance Survey map at this location. It had increased considerably in size on later maps, still extant.
Knockkelly In the mid 19th century Richard Crane held a house valued at £12+ from William Barton in the townland of Knockkelly. This appears to be the house marked as Knockkelly house on the first edition Ordnance Survey map.
Cloran A house valued at £10. 11 shillings at the time of Griffith's Valuation, occupied by Miss Mary Kelly and held from the Earl of Clare with 224 acres. A building is still located at this site.
Ballinard Castle In 1894 Slater refers to Ballinard Castle as the residence of William Tennant. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, John Lindsay owned land in the townland of Friarsgrange, parish of Coolmundry, in which Ballinard Castle is situated. It appears that, in the nineteenth century, a house was built adjoining the original tower house as, in 1840, the Ordnance Survey Name Books refer to Ballinard Castle, a gentleman's seat in the townland of Friarsgrange. Information in the Woodstock Museum, Ontario, Canada, indicates that the building was owned by the Lindsay family until 1926. The building is still extant. Photo of Ballinard Castle
Brookhill House In 1786 Wilson refers to Brookhill as the seat of Mr. Lowe. The 1st edition Ordnance Survey map shows Brookhill house, "in ruins", in Farranshea townland, parish of Peppardstown. An old manor house, also in ruins, is shown as well. The Ordnance Survey Name Books, in 1840, describe the site as "two large houses, one having its eastern end and the other, its eastern side, joining the ruins of the Old Manor House". At the time of Griffiths' Valuation, the townland was in the possession of the Hackett estate and the houses are described as "in ruins". The ruins are not shown on the later 25-inch map of the 1890s.